Welcome to Nikkei Asian Preview. Corporate Japan’s annual shareholder meetings season enters full swing this week, though without the usual freebies and marketing stunts aimed at investors. Japanese companies are urging investors to attend the meetings virtually...

SINGAPORE — Carbon emissions reduced by the coronavirus-induced economic slowdown are at risk of increasing again as countries slowly rumble back to life. But rather than just accept that, some scientists suggest the world has an opportunity. We could rethink...

NEW YORK — “Send in the Troops.” With his New York Times op-ed calling for military intervention to protests across the U.S., Republican Sen. Tom Cotton thrust himself into the media spotlight right on the eve of the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen...

TOKYO — Japan’s “weird” approach to containing the new coronavirus and its results have left many observers baffled. Now as the government prepares to reopen the nation’s economy, it is also stepping up its public relations campaign to...

TAIPEI (Reuters) — The speaker of the city council in southern Taiwan’s Kaohsiung jumped to his death late on Saturday after the mayor lost a highly-charged recall vote, casting a deep pall over what was an already acrimonious campaign. Kaohsiung Mayor Han...

TOKYO — Japanese female professional wrestler Hana Kimura’s recent death following her appearance on “Terrace House,” a popular reality show, has reaffirmed my belief that social media trends in South Korea are repeated in Japan. Before her...

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